Something new

Any of my friend’s (and my mom) would tell you, I am a picky eater. Which is actually one of the reasons I started this site as well. I figure, how can I review places when there is so many things out there that I am currently unwilling to try? Which brings the question, why should you trust me to review a place if I refuse to eat half of what is on their menu? Well the answer will come in two parts.

First of all, I am pushing myself to try new things. The more I find out about food, the more fascinated I get and the more I want to try. If humans have been eating these things for hundreds of years and seem to be doing alright for themselves, why can’t I? There is a certain level of difficulty in getting over prejudices when it comes to trying new things and I am sure there are many things that I will probably just never try. Snails, really? Be honest with yourself, there are things out there that you will never try as well, unless you are a REALLY adventurous eater, in which case send me an email, I would love to add your point of view to my blog.

This weekend for instance, my girlfriend wanted to go to a new Chinese food place. I had read a little about them and they supposedly had a really good hot and sour soup. I will write a review on the place soon, but for now I want to focus on my dedication to the food experience. A year ago, heck even a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have touched the stuff, not really my kind of thing. But why not? What was in it that was so bad? All mental, so I tried it and much to my surprise, given there were several elements within the soup I normally would have avoided, I tried it all. On top of that, I enjoyed it. So here is to trying new things.

Like I mentioned a second ago, there are things that I will just not eat, I know that. As much as I hate to admit it, eggs, I just can’t do it. I’ve tried, several times. I even tried the egg drop soup this weekend. I could appreciate it for what it was, even if I didn’t really enjoy the soup myself. With that said, it’s not just my opinion anymore. I have a lot of friends who enjoy food just as much as I do. I have begun enlisting their help in my reviews for those things that I am not as familiar with. I want to make sure to find people who are on the same level as I am, so that I’m not bringing in opinions that are contradictory to what I feel.

In the end, part of the experience is trying something new and that is what I intend to do. Move out of my comfort zone, experience the world in food.

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